Mary's role in the Gospels is a relatively minor one, and yet in the centuries during which Christianity established itself she emerged as a powerful, strange and ungovernable force, endlessly remade and reimagined by wave after wave of devotees, ultimately becoming 'a sort of. Mother of God (Allen Lane, 2009), a distinctive cultural history of the. Miri Rubin Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary Paperback Illustrated, Maby Miri Rubin (Author) 33 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 30.53 23 Used from 2.57 8 New from 29.48 1 Collectible from 43.17 Paperback 26.00 12 Used from 6.11 6 New from 21.79 1 Collectible from 50. Miri Rubin's Mother of Godis a major work of cultural imagination. A fine, as new, copy in a fine, unclipped d/w. Miri Rubin is Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary. Mary's role in the Gospels is a relatively minor one, and yet in the centuries during which Christianity established itself she emerged as a powerful, strange and ungovernable force, endlessly remade and reimagined by wave after wave of devotees, ultimately becoming 'a sort of God', in ways that have always made some Christians uneasy.Whether talking about the vast public festivals celebrating Mary that sweep up entire communities or the intense private agony of individual devotion, Rubin's book is a triumph of sympathy and intelligence.Ģ009, First edition, first printing. Rubin shows how early Christians endowed Mary with a fine ancestry why in early medieval Europe her roles as mother, bride, and companion came to the fore and how the focus later shifted to her humanity and unparalleled purity. Miri Rubin's 'Mother of God' is a major work of cultural imagination. In her rise to global prominence, Mary was continually remade and reimagined by wave after wave of devotees. The focus for women, the inspiration of faith, the subject of innumerable paintings, sculptures, pieces of music and churches, Mary is so entangled in our world that it is impossible to conceive of the history of Western culture and religion without her. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is one of the most powerful, influential and complex of all religious figures.

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